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gni 'faim feesttent @litre MELLiSsA E, BULKLEY, cF, PROVIDEGE, RHODE. ISLAND.

` Letter: Patent No. 65,163, dated .May28, 18.67.'

'ro ALL WHOM'IT MAY coNcEnN: o

Ic itlcnown that I, MELLISSA E. BULKLEY, of the city ausl county ot'l Providence, nud Stn'tof Rhode Island, have invented-u. new and uscfnllmprovemcnt in Corset-pimps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full and exaet description of the s'nmc, reference being haito the accompanying drawings, making part oi' this specification', in which'V i i Figure 1 is a. vie of a pair ci' ordinary corset-steels or springs and clasps to which my saicl improvement is 'upplied. y i

Figure Bislanqthcr view edgen'ise of one of said springs and said improvement.

These springs are of metal, and are enclosed bysewing into the edges of the garment from which the clasps a dal protrude, whereby the two edges' nrc ezsil'vvancl 4quickly united or'nnclespecl to put the garment on' or off, the springs answering the purpose of the old-fashioned .busk" to give shape to the 'garment and supportto'thc wearer thereof. It-will be observed, however, that eye-piece n of the clasp, when placed upon the stud or pin 1', bearsA upon the part ci' the fabric which covers the-'spring tovwhieh the'gstlsdpis '-secure, and it is foundn vpritctjce't'hct the fabric is soon worn away by the clasp, and, in consequence, thegerment becomes soiled nml even rgged long before any other portion is de ifaced, cnd'xiiy improvement has for its object the remedying of.

thi V`lificnli, b reventin this wear alte ether.; MC invention consists in nain e shield, s, of metal, orL

5U Y Y Il g i g y S other suitable material, on tlic'stnd t, vbem-cen the clasgircye 'zc anal .the fabric which covers the spring to which the stud-s are secured, so that the eyc n will beur ,and 'weer upon thc shield vinstead otthe fabric. l

To accomplish this the cloth may be punctnre to admit the Shanks of the three studs, and then the shield i. is placed'en the stutl, :ift/er which the shank is pnt through. the puncture in the fbric and inscrterl in the 'perfo-A ration in the spring and riveted on thc other sicle, when the spring may be' enclosed by' 'sewing it in'tothc edge of the fcbric; or the stufl,'with the shield thereom'ncy be riveted'to'the spring, as' shown in the drawings, and ,n slit cut at the proper places to press the stuit and shielcl through, and afterwards sewing' the fabric over the spring. The shield ncccl be'only a trifle larger indiometcr than 'the head of the stud to answevall purposes'. I would also stcte'that, in lieuc the shield of metal, I intend to use shields of leather, hard rubber, bone,

ivory, etc., either of 4which materials will answer the purpose. I have also successfully used an eyel'et offthe ordinary kin-1, inserted inthe fabric where thc stud passes through, which answers the purpose of und is 1n all respects the equivalent of the shield, but I preferv the hield constructed in the form of a disk or n'nsher on the shank of the stud, as hetterrcdapted `for the pnrpose.

Whitt 1 clai and dsire to secure by Letters Patent, isv i .Y

The use o the shield a, or its ecu'ivnlentfin combination with the clasp, constrnctef siihstantclly es described for the purpose specied. l p

I MELLISSA E. BULKLEY. Witnesses:

ISAAC A. BRQWNELL 

